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obama is the first sitting president to visit myanmar. >>> san francisco muni leaders will face tough questions this morning at a hearing the hearing will focus on muni performance and maintenance critics say the system is suffering from poor , lack of investment and most of -- issues with reliability in august muni had an on-time rate of 57%. muni is considering spending 6 1/2 million dollars to provide free rides to students. >>> 5:35. workers at the port of oakland are planning to go on a 24 hour strike beginning 9:00 tonight. workers say they've gone 16 months without a contract. the union says port manage is demanding cuts though it has a 37 million dollar surplus. the strike is set to kickoff tonight at the airport terminal, pickets plan to target the airport and port tomorrow. >> nurses planning a strike they say they will walk out tomorrow morning. it will be the seventh strike against sutter since september of last year, second this month off a long-standing contract dispute. the strikes usually a lockout for four days hospital administrators hire replacement nurses for that
obama is the first sitting president to visit myanmar. >>> san francisco muni leaders will face tough questions this morning at a hearing the hearing will focus on muni performance and maintenance critics say the system is suffering from poor , lack of investment and most of -- issues with reliability in august muni had an on-time rate of 57%. muni is considering spending 6 1/2 million dollars to provide free rides to students. >>> 5:35. workers at the port of oakland are...
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president obama's six-hour visit marks the beginning of a new era. but not everyone is celebrating. >>> and vice president biden tours the battered new jersey shore with a promise of unwavering federal support. good morning, welcome to "early start." i'm christine romans. >> good morning, christine. good morning, everybody. i'm alina cho. it's 5:00 a.m. in the east. thanks so much for being with us on this very, very early monday morning. >> it is early. but up first, the bombings and the bloodshed on the rise in gaza. the last day has been the deadliest. 11 civilians, including four children, killed by an israeli missile that leveled a two-story home in gaza city. there's no letup in sight to the violence. representatives of israel and hamas are in egypt separately for peace talks. hamas issuing its demand for a cease-fire. they want israel to end a long-running military blockade of gaza immediately. the carnage from the last 24 hours, arwa damon is in gaza city. >> reporter: the large slab of concrete and mangled metal finally gives way. buried ben
president obama's six-hour visit marks the beginning of a new era. but not everyone is celebrating. >>> and vice president biden tours the battered new jersey shore with a promise of unwavering federal support. good morning, welcome to "early start." i'm christine romans. >> good morning, christine. good morning, everybody. i'm alina cho. it's 5:00 a.m. in the east. thanks so much for being with us on this very, very early monday morning. >> it is early. but up...
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. >> president obama has become the first sitting u.s. president to visit burma. he also visited thailand this weekend. today, cambodia, where he will attend a summit. in the meantime, back here in washington, congress takes a weeklong break for the thanksgiving holiday. they will come back as they ponder the fiscal cliff and how to avoid it this week. they will be back next week. lots more headlines and talk this weekend about the future of the republican party as it ponders itself. one headline says romney is digging a deeper hole for the party. we want to hear from republicans only for the first 45 minutes of its monday edition. what do you think the future of your party is, what do you stand for, and what should you stand for moving forward? here are the numbers -- ere's the "washington times" this morning, the governor of louisiana, bobby jindal. the talk continues in the party about what to romney has had to say about why he lost to the president. [video clip] >> first, governor romney is an honorable and exceptional man. i'm proud of campaign reform across
. >> president obama has become the first sitting u.s. president to visit burma. he also visited thailand this weekend. today, cambodia, where he will attend a summit. in the meantime, back here in washington, congress takes a weeklong break for the thanksgiving holiday. they will come back as they ponder the fiscal cliff and how to avoid it this week. they will be back next week. lots more headlines and talk this weekend about the future of the republican party as it ponders itself. one...
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even while he makes his first ever presidential visit to myanmar president obama continues to work on the fiscal cliff issue. jamie dimon and warren buffett were on the receiving end of phone calls over the weekend from the president. he also spoke with apple's tim cook and boeing jim mcnierney. cisco's new cloud networking cloud group will buy meraki for $1.it billion. >>> and lowe's revenue and same-store sales beating consensus today. >>> a senior official close to prime minister benjamin netanyahu says israel is ready for a ground invasion but the country prefers a diplomatic solution. the tension in the middle east has oil moving higher, up over $1 and nbc's eamon mohyeldin is in israel. >> reporter: good morning. over the past 24 hours there have been alarming strikes on buildings israel claims belong to top members of the hamas militant organization, among the two incidents, one took place sunday and destroyed a three-story residential building that housed a family of the top hamas commander. the problem was there were 12 people in the house, among them four children and four w
even while he makes his first ever presidential visit to myanmar president obama continues to work on the fiscal cliff issue. jamie dimon and warren buffett were on the receiving end of phone calls over the weekend from the president. he also spoke with apple's tim cook and boeing jim mcnierney. cisco's new cloud networking cloud group will buy meraki for $1.it billion. >>> and lowe's revenue and same-store sales beating consensus today. >>> a senior official close to prime...
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house visit last week. how cool is that? >> that's a photo you keep for a lifetime. >>> 43 days may seem like a lifetime. >> sorry, ron brownstein. >> surprise! surprise! popping up. that's our fun. >> let's talk about the president. let's talk washington. it's 43 days until the u.s. economy sails over the impending fiscal cliff and really with little time to spare here leaders in congress are finally getting serious. meeting at the white house just this past friday around this round table here. and they agree it was a step in the right direction. >> to show our seriousness, we've put revenue on the table. as long as it's accompanied by significant spending cuts. >> we have the cornerstones of being able to work something out. we're both going to have to give up some of the things that we know are a problem. >> that sounds like a whole lot of optimism there. but, still, no details have been agreed upon. and other lawmakers on both sides are standing firm on some pretty familiar sticking points right here. s
house visit last week. how cool is that? >> that's a photo you keep for a lifetime. >>> 43 days may seem like a lifetime. >> sorry, ron brownstein. >> surprise! surprise! popping up. that's our fun. >> let's talk about the president. let's talk washington. it's 43 days until the u.s. economy sails over the impending fiscal cliff and really with little time to spare here leaders in congress are finally getting serious. meeting at the white house just this past...
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now president obama makes this historic trip, becoming the first u.s. president to visit myanmar, country formerly known as burma. a rousing welcome for the president. a sea of people eager to catch a glimpse of the motorcade. uniformed school children waving u.s. and myanmar flags for miles. a red carpet welcome. mr. obama made an unannounced stop, a 2,000 year old holy site, center of buddhaism. a monk led them in a ceremonial pouring of water over the head of a buddha statue. then it was off to aung san suu kyi's house, where the activist lived under house arrest for years. >> i would like to say how happy i am to receive president obama in my country and in my house. >> reporter: later, the president formally addressed the people of myanmar in a speech at a university where he justified his trip to this not yet free country. >> i sent a message to those governments that ruled by fear. i said in my inauguration address we will extend a hand if you're willing to unclench your fist. under the president, the desire for change has been met by agenda for
now president obama makes this historic trip, becoming the first u.s. president to visit myanmar, country formerly known as burma. a rousing welcome for the president. a sea of people eager to catch a glimpse of the motorcade. uniformed school children waving u.s. and myanmar flags for miles. a red carpet welcome. mr. obama made an unannounced stop, a 2,000 year old holy site, center of buddhaism. a monk led them in a ceremonial pouring of water over the head of a buddha statue. then it was off...